Mario Dumont

Mario Dumont
Dumont in 2007
Leader of the Opposition of Quebec
In office
March 26, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded byAndré Boisclair
Succeeded byPauline Marois
Leader of the ADQ
In office
May 11, 1994 – March 6, 2009
Preceded byJean Allaire
Succeeded bySylvie Roy (interim)
MNA for Rivière-du-Loup
In office
September 12, 1994 – March 6, 2009
Preceded byAlbert Côté
Succeeded byJean D'Amour
Personal details
Born (1970-05-19) May 19, 1970 (age 54)
Cacouna, Quebec, Canada
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Party of Quebec (1985–1994)
Action démocratique du Québec (1994-2009)
SpouseMarie-Claude Barrette
Children
  • Angela
  • Charles
  • Juliette
Alma mater
ProfessionTelevision presenter

Mario Dumont (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.

Following his party's poor showing in the 2008 Quebec election, he announced his resignation as ADQ leader, and subsequently joined the television network V to host a daily news and talk show, Dumont, which began in 2009. He left that network in 2012 to join the all-news channel LCN.[1]

  1. ^ "Mario Dumont quitte V pour LCN". La Presse (in French). 18 May 2012.